Harmonic Enables Guangdong Radio and Television to Deliver Premium UHD Broadcasts in China

Posted: 19/06/2019

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that Guangdong Radio and Television (GRT) is the first province-level broadcaster in China to deploy UHD channels, thanks to a playout solution from Harmonic. Supporting a range of formats, including SD, HD and UHD, Harmonic's playout solution enables GRT to create pristine UHD broadcasts.

Bannister Lake announced today that its browser-based media storage and playout solution, Zeus, can be fully integrated with popular media asset management (MAM) systems. With minimal customization the Zeus solution can access content within a MAM and still take full advantage of Zeus' impressive search features and its convenient drag and drop playlist and sequence building capabilities.

MX1, a global solution provider of media services, announced today that the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corp. (IPBC) will use a 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) playout solution designed by the company to deliver live soccer coverage from stadiums in Russia. Fully redundant and automated, MX1’s solution encompasses playout, advanced graphics, encoding, and channel delivery services in 4K HDR, and will be fully managed 24/7 by MX1 to ensure that IPBC viewers don’t miss a single second of the action.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery technology and services, today announced that QVC Japan has deployed a UHD playout solution from Harmonic for its live and file-based production workflows. Harmonic’s Spectrum™ X advanced media server simplifies the broadcaster’s workflow by handling a wide range of ingest, playout and distribution operations, along with providing rock-solid reliability and exceptional video quality. The system, which features 14 ingest channels and 45 playout channels, supports all of QVC Japan’s requirements for production, rehearsals, playout and replay, enabling all UHD workflows from end to end, including support for HDR pass-through.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery technology and services, today announced that La Tele, a broadcast news channel based in Switzerland, has deployed a comprehensive live and scheduled playout solution that leverages the power of Harmonic's Spectrum X media server and Polaris¢ Play automation to control scheduled playout operations and Aveco automation for live news coverage. Featuring powerful playout, news production and channel-in-a-box (CiaB) capabilities, the solution increases workflow efficiency and reliability for the delivery of high-quality live and recorded HD video, enabling La Tele to deliver a rich on-air presentation to its viewers.

Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, has provided playout and storage technology critical to Al Aan TVs expansion of its current operations. Following the installation, the free-to-air broadcaster, based in Dubai and serving a female-skewed audience with news and entertainment in Arabic, has enhanced its playout chain to provide full redundancy and much greater production and delivery capabilities.

Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, today announced the installation of a new server and storage playout network for TV 2, a national broadcaster based in Odense, Denmark. TV 2 is using Nexio+® (Advanced Media Platform) and Imagine Communications shared storage solution to upgrade an existing Imagine installation, adding more capacity, resilience and performance. The installation is designed to fortify TV 2 with the ability to quickly and seamlessly grow its storage capacity to accommodate future technology enhancements, including Ultra High Definition (UHD) and other bandwidth-consuming services.

ENCO will use IBC2016 as the launch pad for its intuitive and versatile ClipFire instant media playout solution. Available immediately, ClipFire combines the robust, high-quality video and audio playout engine from the companys award-winning MOM (Media Operations Manager) automation system, introduced at the 2016 NAB Show, with a streamlined user interface. The result is an affordable, all-in-one appliance to support a wide range of playback applications in studio and mobile environments.

PIXEL POWER UNVEILS FIRST DEMAND-BASED TV GRAPHICS PRODUCTION SOFTWARE FOR NEW GENERATION OF TV SERVICES

Posted: 27/03/2013

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, today announced Pixel OnDemand, a new software-only package for onscreen branding, promotion and creative graphics that will have its worldwide debut at the NAB 2013 Exhibition on April 8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on booth N2034.

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that The Genuine Gemstone Company - owners of Gems TV, GemsXtra and Jewellery Maker has turned to Pixel Power broadcast graphics technology to facilitate an innovative onscreen rebranding and provide a significant increase to the graphics updating speed.

PIXEL POWER REINFORCES MIDDLE EAST COMMITMENT WITH ROGER SEWELL APPOINTMENT

Posted: 27/02/2012

Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that Roger Sewells business development responsibilities within the company have been increased to include the Middle East region.

Roger Sewell has a long and distinguished career in the broadcast industry with extensive market development, sales and engineering experience. Adding the Middle East region to his portfolio as VP of Business Development, Europe with Pixel Power reinforces the companys commitment to the region. Sewell has been with the company for a year and has previously worked with Omnibus, Miranda and Pro-Bel (now Snell), among others.

SBS BROADCASTING NETWORKS LEADS THE WAY WITH PURCHASE OF 19 PIXEL POWER CHANNELMASTERS

Posted: 09/01/2012

Following the successful launch of its integrated playout solution ChannelMaster at IBC 2011, Pixel Power, the innovative supplier of broadcast playout solutions with integrated graphics, has today announced that SBS Broadcasting Networks is leading the way with the purchase of 19 ChannelMaster systems. This is the second recent major Pixel Power order from SBS for deployment across its Scandinavian channels.

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